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Shaping Cyber Security 2025

The topic of our flagship conference was “Stronger Together: Cyber Capabilities for Vigilant Democracies” and the event took place in June 2025

Workshops

Check out the academic and policy workshops we organized.

Shaping Cybersecurity 2024

The topic of our flagship conferencewas “China’s Cyber Challenge – Strategic Competition in the Digital Age” and the event took place in June 2024.

Events


  • Workshop on the Implementation of UN Cyber Norms

    IFSH research focus International Cybersecurity recently held its second interdisciplinary workshop, focusing on which actors and procedures could advance the implementation of the UN norms of responsible state behaviour in cyberspace. The short presentations by Jacqueline Eggenschwiler (University of Oxford), Alexander Klimburg (Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace), Sheetal Kumar (Global Partners Digital) and Mischa Hansel (IFSH) shed…

  • Workshop on Promises and Pitfalls of a Global Cybercrime Convention

    The harmful effects of cross-border criminal cyber-attacks were made abundantly clear as hospitals, energy providers, and other infrastructure services were indiscriminately hit or even directly targeted last year. Meanwhile, UN member states embarked on a new negotiation process with the goal of creating a global convention against the criminal misuse of information and communication technology.…

  • Workshop on the Cybersecurity Chapter of the German National Security Strategy

    End of June 2022 the ICS team conducted a workshop in cooperation with the Federal Foreign Office on cyber security within the framework of the dialogue processes on the German National Security Strategy. The hybrid event centred on four thematic blocks, each introduced by short keynote speeches followed by discussions, and was held under Chatham…

  • Workshop on Government Vulnerability Disclosure

    Vulnerabilities in hardware and software products are a gateway for cyber criminals, and state actors should thus be interested in promoting responsible disclosure and timely remediation. However, intelligence and security agencies also exploit vulnerabilities, sometimes holding vulnerabilities back or even actively seeking to acquire them. Thus, the role of state actors within the global vulnerability…

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